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More About Zostavax

Zostavax is a shingles vaccine for patients age 50 or older that is currently sold in the U.S. by Merck Pharmaceutical. This vaccine attempts to prevent the shingles virus (also known as the varicella-zoster virus) in the patients it is administered to and it is currently the only shingles vaccine sold in the U.S. Zostavax contains a weakened form of the live varicella-zoster virus – the same virus that causes both chickenpox and shingles. Once a person has had chickenpox, the virus remains dormant in their body and later in life if the person’s immune system becomes weakened it can reactivate and cause shingles. By injecting the weakened varicella-zoster virus into the body, the immune system is stimulated in an effort to keep the chickenpox virus dormant and prevent shingles. However, rather than preventing the contraception of shingles, Zostavax has been found to unintentionally cause some patients to contract the virus or cause them serious side effects or even death.

Signs & Symptoms

Negative side effects of Zostavax include: contracting the shingles virus, chickenpox, rash, hives, seizures, serious damage to the nervous system, joint pain, muscle pain, congestive heart failure, nausea, varicella pneumonia, permanent blindness, necrotizing retinitis (an eye disorder), Guillain-Barre syndrome, vasculitis, paralysis, fatal liver failure and death. Patients claim that Merck failed to warn about the serious side effects and the failure of the vaccine to do what they claim it does; previous lawsuits have found that Merck did not list shingles as a side effect until December 2014, 8 years after the FDA approved the vaccine in 2006.

Take Action

If you or a loved one have received the vaccine Zostavax and have experience negative side effects or death, you need to speak up! You might be eligible for financial compensation for your pain and suffering. Already thousands of patients suffering from side effects from Zostavax are filing lawsuits against Merck, and similar lawsuits filed against pharmaceutical companies have earned million-dollar settlements. If you or a loved one took Zostavax and are suffering side effects of this vaccine, fill out a no-cost claim review to see if you are eligible to receive compensation. – complete the free and easy claim review form today.